PubliCalendar: Northeastern Goes West and Nuke Nixers Unite

Today's picks for political and civic nerds.

Join the Executive Director of Hanford Challenge and others for a free screening of Don Argott’s righteous documentary, TheAtomic States of America—a look into the bizarre state of global nuclear energy in the wake of Japan’s 2011 Fukushima disaster.

Join Seattle City Council members and local business leaders at the opening for the Northeastern University's foray into Puget Sound. Learn all about degree programs in everything from nonprofit management to nursing, with food from Tom Douglas and local beer.

The World Affairs Council brings a fresh perspective to our city’s somewhat depressing education situation. Representatives from all over the world—and nerds like you—will discuss current issues and potential solutions in the North American and Asian educational systems.

Seattle-born writer Nancy Unger explores the history of women's distinctive and often marginalized relationship with the natural world in the context of a male-dominated ecoparadigm. Basically, girl power plus trees.

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